Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Consequently , for She may own a Porsche , the following diagram can be proposed : The relation is the same for She may leave tomorrow except that the actualization of the infinitive 's event would be future ( if it is realized at all ) : The role of the modal auxiliaries is thus to specify the kind of potentiality which the potential event expressed by the infinitive has — possibility , probability , necessity , etc. — and the type of coincidence involved here is that between an event conceived as a potentiality and the form of potentiality which it is conceived as having , i.e. between two potentialities .
2 She may change quite a lot , on the surface anyway .
3 She may feel far better leaving the bureau with details of a local self-help group for single parents and information about local child-care facilities .
4 She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection .
5 What she may endure now is , however , nothing to what she will lace very soon .
6 For example , he or she may complain now of thoughts racing through the head , now of having no thoughts at all , or , on one occasion , of being bombarded by external stimulation , making concentration difficult , and , on another , of being fixated on some trivial detail in the outside world .
7 She may do so , she has to work out her own salvation now .
8 If there is plenty of food about , she may do so every other day .
9 She may ring later , ’ repeated Shirley .
10 She suspects that she may get rather more exposure to outpatient clinics and theatre sessions than her medical colleagues because they get bogged down on the wards with tasks that she is not allowed to do .
11 Under her various names of Diana , Artemis , Selene , Cynthia , Luna , she is the goddess with the silver crescent on her brow who keeps the shepherd boy Endymion in eternal slumber so she may gaze forever on his lovely face .
12 And when she goes to London in the summer she may order as many as four or five , especially if she is attending the races .
13 I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else .
14 Of course , she may have secretly thought I was cradle-snatching , but she was too well-bred to say anything . ’
15 Not only may she give birth to as many as nine babies at a time , but she may have as many as seventeen litters in a breeding season and she is thus capable of producing a hundred and fifty young a year .
16 Conversely , she may recoil completely if he seems oblivious to every other need that she has and reaches straight for her genital area .
17 She sha she has also asked if her place could be deferred for a year so that she may gain as much relevant experience as possible before taking up the course .
18 She may take quite a while adding up the wine list . ’
19 ‘ Of course , she must stay here , ’ she answered .
20 She must stay inside .
21 She must remain discreetly in the background — in the wings as it were — being ever attentive to Anne 's requirements and reputation , and acting with prudence and discretion whensoever the need arose .
22 Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows
23 She saw that she must do exactly that — run away from him as he had suggested , but as far away as she could go !
24 Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so .
25 This decision established the general rule that if an applicant for judicial review seeks to protect rights or interests recognized only in public law , he or she must do so by AJR under Ord. 53 .
26 And it may be that the warning of Cordell Hull was designed , among other things , to make it clear that , should Turkey finally decide to become a belligerent , she must do so in conformity with plans already agreed upon by the Allies themselves .
27 The quantities of books she must leave behind .
28 The time flew and at three o'clock Madame Delon rose , saying that she must leave now to catch her bus .
29 She must think only of Kirsty and Kirsty 's future .
30 She must move forward .
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